Why is position important in Holdem?
Position is important for several reasons: There four betting rounds in Holdem: preflop, flop, turn, river. The order of action in any given hand is fixed for all four betting rounds and the players who act later have an advantage over players who act earlier because they “gain information” from the previous players. A check means “I’m weak”. A bet means “I’m strong”. A raise means “I’m stronger” and a fold means “I don’t wish to contest the pot, don’t worry about me”. In addition to this information gathered by late position players from the formal action of early position (EP) players, there are sometimes “tells” that accompany the EP action which can be used advantageously by LP palyers. For example: You raise with AK in LP after there have been many limpers. The flop is K99; everyone checks to you, you bet and get two callers. The turn is a blank and everyone checks to you again but you notice that one of the checkers is extremely fond of his hand and can’t wait to put his chips in
